Emir Kusturica

‘THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER’ Directed by Stephan Komandarev. Written by Komandarev and Yurii Dachev. Hebrew title: Ha…

Turkey is not thought of as the Muslim country par excellence, but it is perhaps the most Muslim nation in the world. Due to its unique birth during…

Bob Dylan may have sung about a musician’s peripatetic life in “Like a Rolling Stone” some 45 years ago, but Tibi Golan gets his itchy feet from a…

Israeli films continue to win prizes around the world, this time as far away as South Africa. At the Third Cape Winelands Film Festival in Cape Town…

Quirky and original, Everything Is Illuminated, actor Liev Schreiber's impressive directorial debut is one of a kind, a road comedy of the absurd…

When Emmanuel Naccache and Stephane Belaisch, the French codirectors of The Jerusalem Syndrome, came to Israel for the first time years ago, they…

Director Cristian Mungiu, a very young-looking 40-year-old, stood chatting at a reception at the Jerusalem Cinematheque recently to celebrate the…

Although Romania is not the first country you might think of when it comes to cutting-edge films, Romanian cinema is enjoying a renaissance, much…

The Berlin International Film Festival, which began yesterday and which will run until February 17, will have a strong Israeli presence. This is not…

Famed filmmaker/musician Emil Kusturica is back in Israel with his No Smoking Orchestra for four concerts in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa as a part…

IRINA PALM****Directed by Sam Garbarski. Written by Garbarski, Phillippe Blasband and Martin Herron. 103 minutes. In English, with Hebrew…

The 60th annual Cannes Film Festival opened yesterday as a celebration of celluloid and celebrity, with a lineup including George Clooney, Angelina…

The Tribeca Film Festival is on now and won't end until Sunday. Since the festival is massive, it's too early to predict how the Israeli films will…

A number of Israeli films will be competing at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival, which will run this year from May 16-27. In the main…